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Why Controlled Burns Sometimes Mutate into Runaway Wildfires

Why Controlled Burns Sometimes Mutate into Runaway Wildfires

[html]Windblown embers can trigger spot fires much further away than expected. Now a new mathematical model of the way the wind interacts with firebrands explains why.[/html]

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